OGT Practice Questions
With Clicker Data Interface
OGT Intervention
Bank #2
Directions
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Review each question
Determine each question’s key word or phrase
Indicate the word using your clicker device
After viewing the results graph, work with you
neighbor for one minute to get to the correct
word
• Respond again with your clicker when directed
Question #1
The use of atomic weapons at the end of
World War II fostered fears about their
potential use during the Cold War years.
These fears were critical in determining the
U.S. response to
The Keyword in the question is:
* A. Atomic
• B. Fostered
• C. Cuban Missile Crisis.
• D. Cold War
Question #2
• A political action committee produces a television
commercial that criticizes past actions of a
candidate for president.
• The advertisement could be a credible source of
information if the claims in the advertisement
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. credible
B. advertisement
C. criticizes
D. candidate
Question #3
• What perspective of African-Americans was
reflected in the founding of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored
People (NAACP) in 1909?
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. NAACP
B. Perspective
C. Founding
D. reflected
Question #4
• Freedom of assembly is guaranteed by the
First Amendment, but assemblies may legally
be broken up when protesters
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. freedom
B. first amendment
C. assemblies
D. guaranteed
Question #5
• Which source of information would be the
most credible (least biased) in determining the
durability of various brands of computers?
The Keyword in the question is:
• A. durability
• B. credible
• C. source
• D. computers
Question #6
• In the United Nations Charter, member nations
pledge to “unite our strength to maintain
international peace and security.” Since
ratification of its charter following World War II,
the primary goal of the United Nations has been
to
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. security
B. united nations
C. ratification
D. charter
Question #7
• Which action could the U.S. government employ
to protect U.S. automobile manufacturers from
foreign competition?
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. competition
B. manufacturers
C. employ
D. protect
Question #8
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Religious diversity in the United States has
increased in the last fifty years. One factor
that has contributed to this increase has been
an increase in
The Keyword in the question is:
A. diversity
B. increase
C. contributed
D. factor
Question #9
Many Latin American nations gained their independence
early in the 19th century. The relationship between the
people and their government changed. Slavery existed
under colonial governments, but some of the new
nations, such as Haiti, did not permit slavery. The
abolition of slavery was based on Enlightenment ideas
of
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. abolition
B. enlightenment
C. colonial
D. relationship
Question #10
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When considering the reliability of a report
that promotes hybrid gas-electric cars as
environmentally friendly, what should be
carefully considered?
The Keyword in the question is:
A. hybrid
B. considered
C. environmentally
D. reliability
Question #11
One way the U.S. Constitution evolves is through
the amendment process. How were the changes
that occurred as a result of the ratification of the
19th and 26th Amendments similar?
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. 19th and 26th amendments
B. amendment
C. ratification
D. constitution
Question #12
In 1960, 8.9 million acres of land in northeast Alaska were
designated as the Arctic National Wildlife Range. In 1980,
legislation doubled the size of the Range and renamed it
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In recent
years, attempts have been made to open part of the
ANWR to oil exploration. The reason for this proposal is
that the
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. ANWR
B. exploration
C. range
D. proposal
Question #13
One way absolute monarchies are similar to
dictatorships is that citizens under both systems
of government typically
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. dictatorships
B. citizens
C. similar
D. monarchies
Question #14
• A city council member believes that installing more trash
cans along city streets will help reduce the city’s litter
problem.
This thesis could be supported by data showing that
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. litter
B. installing
C. thesis
D. data
Question #15
• The Indian Tribal Justice Act of 1993 is an example of
federal civil rights legislation. Read the following excerpt
from the act:
• Indian tribes possess the inherent authority to establish
their own form of government, including tribal justice
systems ... traditional tribal justice practices are essential to
the maintenance of the culture and identity of Indian
tribes. ...
• This act was an attempt to redress the consequences of
The Keyword in the question is:
*A. redress
*B. tribal justice system
*C. civil rights legislation
*D. government
Question #16
Which statement correctly describes the role of the
government in a country with a mixed economy?
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. government
B. economy
C. mixed
D. role
Question #17
Britain and France suffered heavy casualties during World
War I.
Because of this, when faced with Axis expansion before
World War II, these countries were
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. suffered
B. expansion
C. axis
D. casualties
Question #18
In 1963, Betty Friedan, founder of the National Organization for
Women, wrote,
We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: “I want
something more than my husband and my children and my home.”
– Source: Betty Friedan, Excerpt from The Feminine Mystique (1963)
reprinted in 100 Key Documents in American Democracy, ed. by Peter
Levy, Praeger Pub., 1994, p. 436.
The excerpt above could be used to support the thesis that:
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. excerpt
B. National Organization for Women
C. voice
D. ignore
Question #19
Which factor contributed to increased migration
of people among regions of the United States
in the second half of the 20th century?
The Keyword in the question is:
• A. regions
• B. century
• C. migration
• D. contributed
Question #20
In 1943, 15 percent of the shipyard workers in San
Francisco were Chinese-Americans. Before this,
they had been largely confined to working in
restaurants and laundries. The switch in
occupations was due, in large part, to the
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. shipyard
B. occupations
C. confined
D. shipyard
Question #21
The primary feature of a dictatorship is that
The Keyword in the question is:
• A. dictatorship
• B. feature
• C. primary
Question #22
In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson persuaded
Congress to pass the Civil Rights Act, which
outlawed racial discrimination in public places,
such as theaters, cafeterias and hotels.
• This was an attempt to
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. persuaded
B. outlawed
C. civil rights act
D. discrimination
Question #23
When the government builds interstate highways,
citizens can be forced (under the principle of
eminent domain) to sell private land that lies in
the path of the highway. The reason for this is
that the property rights of individuals are
balanced by
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. interstate
B. rights
C. highway
D. eminent domain
Question #24
What problem arising from U.S. industrialization
did the progressive reformers of the late 19th
and early 20th centuries want the federal
government to address?
The Keyword in the question is:
• A. progressive
• B. industrialization
• C. government
• D. arising
Question #25
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is a treaty
designed to remove tariffs and other trade barriers between
Canada, Mexico and the United States. This helped establish
an economic region among those nations because
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. tariffs
B. barriers
C. region
D. NAFTA
Question #26
On March 12, 1947, President Truman addressed a joint session of
Congress to recommend that the United States provide economic
assistance to Greece and Turkey. His reasons were as follows:
The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want.
They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. …
The free peoples of the world look to us for support in maintaining
their freedoms.
If we falter in our leadership, we may endanger the peace of the
world—and we shall surely endanger the welfare of our own
Nation.
President Harry S. Truman, address to Congress, March 12, 1947
This statement would be helpful in supporting the thesis that, in 1947,
President Truman believed the United States
The Keyword in the question is:
– A. freedoms
– B. thesis
– C. totalitarian
- D. welfare
Question #27
• How did the political systems in Africa change as
a result of European colonialism in the 19th
century?
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. colonialism
B. systems
C. 19th century
D. result
Question #28
In the 1960s and 1970s, Hispanic-American farm
workers in the United States believed their
employers were failing to provide reasonable
wages and working conditions like those received
by other American workers.
• For this reason, Hispanic-American farm workers
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. reasonable
B. workers
C. employers
D. received
Question #29
As a result of industrialization in the United States
in the late 19th and early 20th centuries,
progressive reformers sought government
regulation of business in order to:
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. regulation
B. progressive
C. industrialization
D. reformers
Question #30
The growth of suburbs has caused the economic value of
land around many U.S. cities to increase. One result of
this increase in land value has been a decrease in:
The Keyword in the question is:
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A. suburbs
B. economic
C. increase
D. decrease